Switch from Righty to Lefty?

ive played against two guys this year that made the switch. now they can throw with both hands and one is heading to university of washington on a scholarship. seems like a very good thing to do if he is able to

My son threw lefty for 4 weeks in LL when he had the same issue. He had a blast. He would catch it normally, flip the ball in the air, drop his glove and throw it lefty. Not very strong or accurate, but he did get decent at it at the end. He played centerfield and he just hit the cut off who ran out to him and by the end he could throw a 2 hopper to the plate. He had a blast. Coach wanted his bat and speed in the outfield. I told him one throw righty and he would be gone.

It worked.

My son played pro-scout last season with a kid on the AZ Royals who could throw both ways.

I don't remember is name but he was about 75 with the off hand. Much better with the on hand...

Great fun to watch warm up, kind of a Sunday morning freak show...

Billy Wagner broke his right arm when he was about an 11 year old kid. He switched to left. Seems to have worked for him!

the kid i saw through 90 with one and high eighties with the other. pretty amazing

There's a big difference between trying it for fun for a few weeks and making a real attempt to switch. I taught my son how to throw righthanded at age three before it became apparent he was lefthanded. At thirteen he started hearing how lefty pitchers got more opportunity to prove themselves as pitchers (like dad). We started working on throwing mechanics. After a couple of weeks he decided there was too much to work on to excel under normal circumstances than to distract it with learning to throw lefthanded. Besides, given where he's at righthanded as a soph, who would be interested in a tall, hard throwing lefty by his senior year anyway? My bad. I did teach him (and his sister) to hit lefthanded.

We may end up trying it just for fun. I hate for him to sit around and stew about not playing (he still gets to bat)

I'll let you know how it goes.

So just as an aside, son does everything left handed except.....baseball. Writing, eating, shooting a basketball is all lefty. The reason is that I am a bit ignorant. (Another one of those if I only knew moments) When he was 4-5 yo, we started passing and hitting, and everything just looked funny to me from the left side, so I turned him around. I personally found it easier to coach him, because of my own prejudice. Flash forward 12 years, and hes consistantly over 90 pitching from the right side, but still is a lefty is everything else. So I guess the short answer is yes, of course he can throw lefty, it just may take a bit longer than a few weeks to get comfy from that side.

I have something just like little leaguers elbow and i am a freshman. I actually am right handed and bought a left-handers glove and am throwing lefty while i have to take time off. it's hard to get used to but it has been about 3 weeks now and i can do it pretty good. (of course not good enough to do in a game.... yet )

there was a player from Hartselle High School in Alabama who did this a while back. I don't know how much success he had, but seems like it could be a huge advantage psych wise over the hitter.

chip @ www.getalooksports.com